Verchères—Les Patriotes (; formerly Verchères) was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1979 until the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

The riding runs along the

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east of

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, in the Quebec region of

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. It consists of the

Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality Marguerite-D'Youville () is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères. The RCM was formerly named Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, after Christophe du Fr ...

, the northern part of the

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, and the eastern part of the city of

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. The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot,

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, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher,

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, Repentigny and

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History

Verchères riding was created by the

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. In 1893, it was merged into Chambly—Verchères. In 1976, the riding of "Verchères" was recreated from parts of Chambly and St. Hyacinthe ridings. In 1998, it was renamed "Verchères—Les Patriotes". The district seat was vacant starting from November 9, 2005, when

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stepped down to join provincial politics. No by-election was called before the 2006 election was called for January 23, 2006; Bloc candidate Luc Malo won that election. This riding was redistributed into the new ridings of

Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec that had been included in the electoral districts of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher and Verchère ...

and Montarville in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004–2015

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Verchères, 1979-2000

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the

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:
Verchères 1976-1998Verchères—Les Patriotes 1998-20082011 Results from Elections Canada
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